1995 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints

DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION - WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN "D" IT WOULD SLIP OPERATING IN A NETURAL POSITION WHEN DRIVING ESP WHEN STOPPED. SOMETIMES SHIFTING BACK IN TO "D" POSITION CAUSING VECHILCE TO SUDDEN MOVE FORWARD WITH LITTLE WARNING. OR IF VEHICLE WAS STOP ON AN INCLINE (HILL) THE VECHILCE WOULD ROLL BACK WHICH SOMETIMES CAME CLOSE TO HITTING THE VECHICLE BEHIND. FEELING IS THAT THE TRANMISSION IS FAULTY. COST OF REPAIR WAS $1708.25 TO REPAIR.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AUOT TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 49,700 MILES. TRANSMISSION HAS AGAIN GONE OUT AT 67,300 MILES. ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND LUBRICATIONS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. *AK

FAILURE OF THE DOOR FRAME AT THE HINGE POINT FOR BOTH DRIVER AND PASSANGER SIDE FRONT DOORS CAUSING THEM TO SAG AND SCRAPE ON THE DOOR LOCK POST, PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ALSO RUBS ON THE FRONT FENDER. RIGHT SIDE DOOR REPAIRED AT LOCAL BODY SHOP 1 YEAR AGO BY WELDING EXTRA STRUCTURAL BACKING BEHIND THE DOOR HINGE MATING AREA AND THEN WELDING HING TO FRAME AND EXTRA BACKING (DOOR LOCKS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO DOOR SAG INTERFERANCE). LEFT SIDE NOT REPAIRED TO DATE.

TENSIONER BROKE, AND CAR WAS DISABLED BECAUSE FAN BELT DOESN'T RUN. *AK BOLT/MOUNT HOLDING TENSIONER TO THE ENGINE BLOCK SHEARED OFF COMPLETELY DISABELING THE FAN BELT. *YH

BOLT THAT HELD TENSIONER PULLEY TO ENGINE BLOCK HAS SNAPPED OFF. HALF OF THE BOLT WAS STILL LEFT ON THE ENGINE BLOCK . THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF RUST. *AK

CONSUMERS DOOR IS CRACKING AT THE HINGE, IT'S BEGINNING TO DETERIORATE. DEALER SAID IT'S CHEAP METAL THAT'S BEING USED. *AK

NO SUMMARY

TRAVEL @35MPH TRANSMISSION REFUSED TO SWITCH OUT OF 2ND GEAR. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR OR HAVE A DELAY IN THE SHIFTING, AND WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE. *AK LOCKS INTO LOW GEAR (LIMP MODE). *YH

THE DOORS WILL NOT SHUT DUE TO METAL FATIGUE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

TENSIONER BOLT BROKE CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AND STEERING. YH

PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER TWO OR MORE HOURS OF SUSTAINED FREEWAY DRIVING. CAR JERKS, SLOWS SLIGHTLY WITH ENGINE RACING AND LITTLE OR NO POWER AT GAS PEDAL. AFTER 2-3 SECONDS, ENGINE "SHIFTS BACK IN GEAR" STOPS RACING, AND POWER IS RESTORED TO GAS PEDAL. REPEATS THIS CYCLE SEVEN TO TEN TIMES IN SPACE OF TEN MINUTES. IF GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED TO FLOOR AND BURST OF FUEL SENT THROUGH SYSTEM, THE PROBLEM DOES NOT RECCUR FOR THE REMAINDER OF TRIP (UP TO SIX HOURS). ON THE NEXT LONG DRIVE, IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I DO NOT WANT TO BE DRIVING WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GIVES OUT ENTIRELY (SEE ARTICLE CONSUMER REPORTS OCT '99, PP20-23). PLEASE HELP. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION SEALS IS LEAKING FLUID, RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATES THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, AND THE VEHICLE IS GETTING STUCK IN NEUTRAL. ALSO, VEHICLE ISN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY, AND THEIR IS A LOSS OF POWER. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT: SOLENOID MANFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STICK IN OVERDRIVE . TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

I NOTICED ROUGH SHIFTING THEN IT BECAME WORSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HUNT ARROUND 40 MPH I NOTIFIED THE DEALER THEY FOUND OTHER PROBLEMS BUT THE TRANS CHECKED OUT NOW FOUR MONTHS LATER , MY TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY GONE ALONG WITH THE HOUSING UNIT PIECES OF METAL WERE FOUND UNDERNEATH THE VAN

SEATBELTS WILL NOT STAY LOCKED. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HINGE IS FAULTY OR DEFECTIVE (LOOSE) WHICH CAUSES DOOR TO DROP (NOT ALIGN CORRECTLY) WHICH CAUSES LATCHING/LOCKING FEATURES TO NOT WORK PROPERLY, THUS DOOR WILL EITHER NOT SHUT OR WILL SHUT AND WILL COME OPEN WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A SAFETY PROBLEM

NO SUMMARY

THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE, BOTH TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON CROWDED ROADS. THE SECOND TIME ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON RT 29 JUST OUSIDE CHARLOTTESVILLE ON 4 APRIL 1999. AFTER ALMOST 2 HOURS OF DRIVING (SPEED 55 CRUISE CONTROL ON), THE CAR TRANSMISSION JERKED A BIT AND THEN WENT (SEEMINGLY) INTO NEUTRAL. TOOK CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE, NO RESPONSE. WITHOUT ANY ACCELERATION THE CAR SLOWED QUICKLY. FORTUNATELY WE WERE IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE, AND WERE ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGED (ALTHOUGH IN DRIVE). THE MOTOR SPUTTERED AND DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERHIP (LUSTINE) IN WOODBRIDGE. AFTER THE TOW TRUCK DROPPED OFF THE VEHICILE, I WAS ABLE TO START IT, PUT IT IN DRIVE, AND PARK IT. THE DEALERSHIP COULD ONLY FINF\D IT LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ELSE WRONG. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX SOMETHING NOT BROKEN. ON 31 JULY 1999 RETURNING FROM NAGS HEAD, NC AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN JUST NORTH OF RICHMOND ON I95. EXCEPT THIS TIME WE WERE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, MOVING AT 65 (CRUISE CONTROL ON)(WITH SOME PEOPLE GOING FASTER) AND IN THE CENTER LANE. WHEN THE CAR FAILED (TOOK CRUISE CONTROL OFF, TRIED TO ACCELERATE, TRANSMISSION ENGAGED, BUT SUDDENLY NO POWER/ACCELERATION/FORWARD MOMENTUM, WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED, AND AGAIN ALMOST IN A MAJOR COLLISION AS WE TRIED TO COAST OFF T

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND WON'T GO OFF. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH AREA HAS A CRACK WHICH PREVENTS THE DOOR FROM LOCKING PROPERLY. CAN NHTSA HELP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED DUE TO BLOCKED FILTER (SECONDARY FILTER) HAD TO BE TOWED. NOWHERE IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES IT SAY TO CHECK AND REPLACE THIS FILTER, WHICH IS ONLY A 20.00 PART. MY REAPIR COST 450.00 PLUS TOWING. I FOLLOW THE MAINTENANCE DILIGENTLY. THE CHILTON REPAI MANUAL RECOMMENDS CHANGING THIS AT 52000. WE WOULD HAVE DONE SO IF INFO PROVIDED. WE BOUGHT THE OTHER MANUAL WHEN I RETURNED HOME. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND FORTUNATELY I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AT THE TIME. CHRYSLER SAYS I CANNOT BE REIMBURSED EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMIT I AM RIGHT. LETTERS SHOULD BE SENT TO OWNERS ADVISING THEM OF THIS MORE THAN LIKELY FAILURE. THE MECHANIC WHO FIXED IT RECOMMENDS CHANGING THIS FILTER AT 30,000. HE HAS REPAIRED MANY. I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE HURT IF THIS FAILS WHILE THEY ARE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS BAD ENOUGH I WAS 200 MILES FROM HOME AND IT WAS DARK.

DEALER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PERSISTENT "SHUDDER". PROBLEM IS EVIDENT SOME DAYS AND FINE ON OTHER DAYS. DESPITE EFFORTS TO CORRECT IT, NOTHING HAS WORKED.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT BRAKES APPLIED BY THEMSELVES, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO BE EXTREMLY HOT . DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND CALIPER. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

THE VEHICLE IS STALLING WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM,AND REPLACED FUEL INJECTION AND MAP SENSOR, ETC. *AK

THE FRONT DOORS HINGES HAVE TORN OFF FROM THE POST, CAUSING THE DOORS TO SAG AND WILL NOT SHUT OR CLOSE CORRECTLY. DELAER HAS WELDED THE DOOR ONCE, BUT DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED, AND THEN DEALER REPLACED POST. *AK

WHEN OUR SON WAS YOUNG ENOUGH TO USE THE BUILT IN CAR SEAT WE NOTICED THAT HE COULD OPEN THE PLASTIC CHEST CLASP BY LEANING FORWARD HARD ENOUGH. DOES THIS SEEM NORMAL FUNCTIONING TO YOU? ALTHOUGH OUR CHILDREN ARE TOO OLD FOR THE CAR SEATS NOW WE WERE WONDERING IF THIS POSES A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR OTHER FAMILIES.

VEHICLE CAN BE PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT BRAKES BEING APPLIED. ALSO, THIS WAS DONE BY A CHILD. *AK *ML

INTERMITTENT STALLING.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN DIRECT FRONTAL ACCIDENT AT 35 MPH, IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S OR PASSEGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. MANUFACTURER RAN DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON AIRBAG SYSTEM AND FOUND NO ERROR. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP. AFTER A WHILE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED SPEEDS OF 55MPH. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISASSEMBLED THE TRANSMISSION AND DISCOVERED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS BURNED OUT. OWNER CONTACTED THAT MANUFACTURER. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BOLT SHEARED OFF. (QCAW)

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 55 MPH AND WHEN APPLYING THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THEN COME OFF, VEHICLE SOMETIMES HAS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL BEING ON. THIS PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED ONES. ALSO WHEN STOPPING ON A RED LIGHT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. *AK

NO FAILURE IDENTIFIED.

AS DRIVER WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY THE BOLT ATTACHED TO POWER STEERING BELT FRACTURED, CAUSING THE TENSIONER TO DISINTEGRATE/FLY OFF INTO THE WHEEL WELL. *AK

SEAT BELT CLIP FAILED.

BRAKES PADS INSTALLED ON VEHICLE WERE 14" AND THE ROTORS WERE 15", THIS CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30-40MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL HIT WITH A VEHICLE TRAVELING AND BOTHER DRIVER AND PASSENGER DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SYSTEM DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THIS ACCIDENT. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAG SYSTEM. MFR SAID THE AIRBAGS WASN'T TO DEPLOY BECAUSE THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING.

BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ON/OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DIAGNOSIS INDICATED POSSIBLE MASTER CYLINDER INTERNAL LEAK - AWAITING PARTS.

BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON/OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERS ADVISE TO CONTINUE TO SINCE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DETERMINED OR CORRECTED.

THE VEHICLE'S BRAKING SYSTEM IS CONTAMINATED WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON BRAKES PARTS. REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND CALIPERS. *AK ALL HOSES AND RUBBER PARTS TO THE ABS WERE REPLACED. *SLC

THE SAFETY BELT ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE CAME DETACHED FROM UPPER PANEL ABOVE THE WINDOW. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

TENSIONER PULLEY FAILURE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING.

ROOF LEAKS, SOAKING DRIVER SEAT BELT DURING A RAINSTRORM. IN COLD WEATHER THE WATER FREEZES AND BELT CANNOT BE USED.

REAR SEAT BELTS ARE DIFFICULT TO RELEASE FROM RETRACTORS.